Introduction to meta-analysis /

This text provides a concise and clearly presented discussion of all the elements in a meta-analysis. It is illustrated with worked examples throughout, with visual explanations, using screenshots from Excel spreadsheets and computer programs such as Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) or Strata

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Main Authors: Borenstein, Michael, (Author), Hedges, Larry V., (Author), Higgins, Julian P. T., (Author), Rothstein, Hannah R., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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505 0 |a How a meta-analysis works -- Why perform a meta-analysis -- Effect size and precision -- Overview -- Effect sizes based on means -- Effect sizes based on binary data (2 x 2 tables) -- Effect sizes based on correlations -- Converting among effect sizes -- Factors that affect precision -- Concluding remarks -- Fixed-effect versus random-effects models -- Overview -- Fixed-effect model -- Random-effects model -- Fixed-effect versus random-effects models -- Worked examples (part 1) -- Heterogeneity -- Overview -- Identifying and quantifying heterogeneity -- Prediction intervals -- Worked examples (part 2) -- Subgroup analyses -- Meta-regression -- Notes on subgroup analyses and meta-regression -- Complex data structures -- Overview -- Independent subgroups within a study -- Multiple outcomes or time-points within a study -- Multiple comparisons within a study -- Notes on complex data structures -- Other issues -- Overview -- Vote counting: a new name for an old problem -- Power analysis for meta-analysis -- Publication bias -- Issues related to effect size -- Overview -- Effect sizes rather than p-values -- Simpson's paradox -- Generality of the basic inverse-variance method -- Further methods -- Overview -- Meta-analysis methods based on direction and p-values -- Further methods for dichotomous data -- Psychometric meta-analysis -- Meta-analysis in context -- Overview -- When does it make sense to perform a meta-analysis? -- Reporting the results of a meta-analysis -- Cumulative meta-analysis -- Criticisms of meta-analysis -- Resources and software -- Software -- Books, web sites and professional organizations 
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